2010 July | Oxygen Sydney

Continental Tests ‘Self-Boarding’ at Airport

July 31st, 2010 ABC News: Travel Boarding a plane without an agent to inspect or take your pass has arrived in the USA. Continental Airlines has confirmed it's testing the procedure at a gate at its hub in Houston Intercontinental. It's the first experiment at what's called "self-boarding" in the U.S.

Continental Airlines - United States - George Bush Intercontinental Airport - Business - Aviation

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Centuries-Old Secret of The Hermitage: Cats

July 30th, 2010 ABC News: Travel St. Petersburg famous museum The Hermitage has a secret collection, a tradition of allowing a herd of cats to roam over much of the grounds and live in the basement.

Saint Petersburg - Russia - Hermitage Museum - Administrative Regions - Museum

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Maggots in Overhead Bin Ground Plane

July 30th, 2010 ABC News: Travel Maggots falling from an overhead bin forced an US Airways flight out of Atlanta to return to the gate. A passenger had brought a container of spoiled meat aboard the flight from Atlanta to Charlotte, N.C., and apparently some maggots along with it.

US Airways - Atlanta - Charlotte North Carolina - Charlotte - Aviation

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‘Pasties’ to Shield from Full-Body Scanners?

July 30th, 2010 ABC News: Travel Don't like the thought of the Transportation Security Administration scanning your naked body for explosives? Fear not: a Las Vegas man has created a product called Flying Pasties that he says will hide your private parts from the TSA's new full-body scanners.

Transportation Security Administration - Scanners - Peripherals - Hardware - TSA

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Inside Chelsea Clinton’s Rhinebeck Wedding

July 30th, 2010 ABC News: Travel Didn't score a ticket to one of this summer's hottest weddings, the marriage of Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky? That's okay, neither did we. But that doesn't mean that you can't enjoy the quaint village of Rhinebeck, New York, where the couple are expected to say their 'I dos' this weekend.